Hyde Street Studios Under The Wrecking Ball

Wally Heider's classic San Francisco recording studio, Hyde Street Studios will soon succumb to the wrecking ball. In the name of progress & condo development, this studio, founded in 1969 and with a client list including some of the greatest names in rock will be no more. I liked this picture best, a classic API with outboard gear (and that sure looks like a Telefunken mic in the background) from around the early 1980's.

New Twist, Same Game

Those enterprising & creative Nigerian 419 con-artists are targeting recording studios with their tried & proved same tactics. A band is ready to cut a record, they'll send a deposit check to cover the cost of a translator please return any additional funds to them. And you'll never see them or your money again. Luckily the studio guys have some experience with scammers (nature of the business) and don't seem as likely to fall for this as greedy, unsuspecting consumers!

Huge Studio Photo Archive

After an interesting discussion on the forums at RetroThing I was guided to this thread on the Steve Hoffman Music Forums. People have been posting photographs of studios & sessions dating from the 1920s through the late 1980s. Some of the shots are classic including the one's above from Ronnie Lane's mobile studio in which I assisted with a number of projects including the first all-digital audio TV broadcast for the then fledgling HBO. The rest of the pictures are truly a treasure trove of incredible facilities & equipment.

Cheapskate

As in my new blog Cheapskate Studio. Designed to be a source of information & ideas for the audio studio & recording enthusiast with more sense than money. Enjoy